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SCHEDULE: SUNSHINE STATE ACOUSTIC MUSIC CAMP 2008. RELOAD OR REFRESH PAGE TO BE SURE SCHEDULE IS CURRENT. TUTORING AREA INFORMATION BELOW SCHEDULE * = Description found below schedule.

OUR INSTRUCTORS AT THE MUSIC CAMP are highly intelligent and creative people, who have all sorts of special knowledge and skills they are generously willing to share with you. Students should understand that in addition to teaching the formal classes, the instructors are available for one-on-one consultation during most of the time the camp is in session.

Mentored Jam Sessions. This year we'll continue with special jamming sessions open to everyone at the Fire Circle in front of the Central Hall, Saturday and Sunday. That means we can all get together and jam, and a special mentor will be on hand to organize, teach, and otherwise help make the jam sessions successful! Come join in. You're welcome! These have proved very popular, and they really are a LOT of fun!

Internet for Musicians. A new class this year is Internet for Musicians. Bill Perras will teach. Bill came to us with this idea---to give you lots of information about what the internet can do for you as a musician, and what you can do with the internet as a musician. We like it...and hope you do too!

Friday

3:30 PM, Campground Available. 6:30 PM Orientation, Jam Session (Central Hall)

Saturday

8 AM ---- Central Hall Available - Coffee, Refrigerator, Etcetera.

Time	Cen.Hall	Area 1	Area 2	Area 3	Area 4	Area 5	Area 6	Area 7	Area 8	Area 9	FireCircle
9 AM	Bass	Lap Dul- cimer	Oldtime Banjo	Entry Fiddle	Flatpick Guitar	Available	Singing	**Never too Late	Concer- tina	Available	Available
10 AM	Bass	Lap Dul- cimer	Oldtime Banjo	Entry Fiddle	Flatpick Guitar	Available	Singing	**Never too Late	Concer- tina	Available	Available
11 AM	Group Playing	Fingerpk Gtr	Accomp. Guitar	Mandolin	Har- monica	Song- writing	Autoharp	Available	Available	Internet for Musicians	Mentored Jamming
12 PM	Group Playing	Fingerpk Gtr	Accomp. Guitar	Mandolin	Har- monica	Song- writing	Autoharp	Available	Harp	Internet for Musicians	Mentored Jamming

1 PM ---- Meal and Recreation Break. Student Show, Central Hall

Time	Cen.Hall	Area 1	Area 2	Area 3	Area 4	Area 5	Area 6	Area 7	Area 8	Area 9	FireCircle
2 PM	Blues Guitar	Lap Dul- cimer	Bass	Available	Har- monica	Song- writing	Group Playing	Singing	Harp	Internet for Musicians	Available
3 PM	Blues Guitar	Lap Dul- cimer	Bass	Available	Har- monica	Song- writing	Group Playing	Singing	Harp	Internet for Musicians	Available
4 PM	Available	Flatpick Guitar	Oldtime Banjo	Mandolin	Fingerpick Gtr	Advanced Fiddle	Acc. Guitar	Autoharp	Percussion	Available	Mentored Jamming
5 PM	Available	Flatpick Guitar	Oldtime Banjo	Mandolin	Fingerpick Gtr	Advanced Fiddle	Acc. Guitar	Autoharp	Percussion	Available	Mentored Jamming

7 PM ---- CONCERT: INSTRUCTORS, SPECIAL GUESTS--IN CENTRAL HALL. Sound reinforcement provided by SIMPLY SOUND, Clearwater, Florida.

Sunday

8 AM ---- Central Hall Available - Coffee, Refrigerator, Etcetera.

Time	Cen.Hall	Area 1	Area 2	Area 3	Area 4	Area 5	Area 6	Area 7	Area 8	Area 9	FireCircle
9 AM	Bass	Lap Dul- cimer	Oldtime Banjo	Mandolin	Har- monica	Singing	Entry Fiddle	Acc. Guitar	Percussion	**Never Too Late	Harp
10 AM	Bass	Lap Dul- cimer	Oldtime Banjo	Mandolin	Har- monica	Singing	Entry Fiddle	Acc. Guitar	Percussion	**Never Too Late	Harp
11 AM	Available	Lap Dul- cimer	Oldtime Banjo	Advanced Fiddle	Flatpick Guitar	Available	Autoharp	Group Playing	Music Theory	Available	Mentored Jamming
12 PM	Available	Lap Dul- cimer	Oldtime Banjo	Advanced Fiddle	Flatpick Guitar	Available	Autoharp	Group Playing	Available	Available	Mentored Jamming

1 PM ---- Meal and Recreation Break. Student Show, Central Hall

Time	Cen.Hall	Area 1	Area 2	Area 3	Area 4	Area 5	Area 6	Area 7	Area 8	Area 9	FireCircle
2 PM	Blues Guitar	Flatpick Guitar	Song- writing	Mandolin	Fingerpick Guitar	Available	Group Playing	Available	Available	Available	Available
3 PM	Blues Guitar	Flatpick Guitar	Song- writing	Mandolin	Fingerpick Guitar	Available	Group Playing	Available	Har- monizing	Available	Available
4 PM	Available	Fingerpick Gtr	Available	Available	Har- monica	Song- writing	Acc. Guitar	Autoharp	Available	Available	Mentored Jamming
5 PM	Available	Fingerpick Gtr	Available	Available	Har- monica	Song- writing	Acc. Guitar	Autoharp	Available	Available	Available

TUTORING AREA

For those just getting started or who need a little extra help with things along the way, we'll have a special Tutoring Area located on the porch of the Central Hall at the camp. There we’ll station some helpful people (they’ll have special name tags) who are good musicians and who are familiar with how the camp operates. They’ll be ready, willing, and able to assist you with musical or other questions, give you some special teaching attention, or put you in touch with someone else who can help. Just ask!

**NEVER TOO LATE has been an extremely successful addition to our camp class schedule. The class was created by Carroll Smith from Lake Wales, Florida. Carroll has a lot of wisdom to share about starting to play music at any age. I may not be the best old time banjo player who started after the age of fifty, he writes, but I am an expert on how to, and not to, learn at a point in life some think is too late. We plan two sessions, one Saturday and one Sunday, scheduled so that almost everyone can work in at least one session. We will bring our instruments. We may even play a tune. But mostly we will tackle questions such as "Am I too old to learn to play the _______ (you fill in the blank)?" Or: "My teacher is half my age and doesn't seem to like me very much, am I doing something wrong?". Or: "How long does it take to learn to play the _________?". Discussions will be frank, open, and directed to people that want to play music, no matter what age they are, but already have a full life doing something else. Insecurities, fears, stage fright, jam phobias, all are fair game. Come, be prepared to be candid, and clear away the cobwebs that can hold us back from a full enjoyment of music performed by ourselves.

NEVER TOO LATE IS OPEN TO ALL, OF EVERY AGE.